Hosted by acting Chairman Nigel Walsh the awards night kicked off with a summary of club TT highlights of the season (see transcript below) followed by the virtual handing out of the trophies. The keepsakes this year were finely engraved wooden plaques, with the real trophies awaiting engraving whenever this is possible. This was followed by some lively chat on upcoming racing, comparing training (or lack of), lockdown haircuts and beverage preferences. Roll on the spring for some more club rides and TT action!
AWARDS LIST
| Award/Trophy | Name |
| BAR (Best All Rounder) – Outright Winner | Mike Padfield |
| BAR – Handicap | Mark Watson |
| Albert Lefever Trophy (fastest 25 mile tt on our course) | Mike Padfield |
| Pat Ash Trophy (fastest 50 mile tt on any course) | Mike Padfield |
| Hill Climb Mike Kemp Trophy | Mike Padfield |
| Hill Climb Handicap Trophy | Nigel Walsh |
| Zak Carr Trophy (Single event best 10m TT handicap) | Phil Watkins |
| 15 Mile Outright Winner | Mike Padfield |
| 15 Mile Handicap | Mark Watson |
| 5 x 10 Mile Handicap Trophy | Phil Watkins |
| 18.5 Mile Hilly Outright Winner | Mike Padfield |
| 18.5 Mile Hilly Handicap | Mark Watson |
| David Killingback Cup (most improved rider) | Phil Hurr |
| 25 Mile Handicap | Mark Watson |
| Veterans 25 Mile Time Trial Cup | Phil Hurr |
| Albert Gravenor Fastest 10m TT on a road bike | Ben Johnson |
| Clubman of the Year | John Chambers |
| Chairman’s Award | John Morgan |
| George Nash Peddler’s trophy | Malcolm Stanley |
| Fastest 1st Claim lady rider | Sarah Jay |
Highlights of the 2020 Club TT racing season
At the end of March we sneaked in one TT before Lockdown 1 – Three wheelers Graham Denny, Phil Watkins and Mike Padfield won the team prize at the early season Breckland 10m TT.
Our 2020 club events eventually got going in mid-July with our Pretty Corner 10m TT. After reading pages of the Covid rules, 30 riders got the start line ready for action. Guest Tom Roper led the pack with a 21.21 followed by local pro-triathlete Kim Morrison with a 21.27.
Next time out pro-triathlete Sam Proctor dipped under 21 minutes, with Jamie Sparrow on fine form with a 21.31. Sarah Jay was consistently faster than in 2019 and improved as the season progress. Phil Watkins had a good winters training and this improvement on 2019 led him to win the Zak Carr trophy (fastest on handicap) in early August.
The second outing on our new 25m TT course had notably with 8 riders dipping under the magic hour, not bad for a lumpy course with 7 roundabouts. Our acting chairman Nigel narrowly missed out on a sub 1 hour ride on our club course which he aims to put right in 2021 (hopefully!).
Next up was the wettest hilly tt on record which didn’t stop Joe skipper from smashing the course record with a 43.50. 6 riders either gave up or got lost in the rain! The following week Jamie sparrow dipped under 21 minutes on the Pretty Corner 10.
Road racer Kieran Jarvis got to the top of our hill climb first with a 2.03 with fastest female junior rider Mary Padfield.
Notable open TT results included two fast 50m TT rides at the East District Championships by Phil Watkins (1:50:12) and Mike Padfield (1:49:02), with Phil claiming 3rd fastest VET on handicap. Nigel Walsh placed 3rd fasted VET on an open 10m TT and Andrew Knowles completed a 12 hour TT with a distance of 238 miles.
With winter approaching, many people re-entered the world of indoor training, posting some top 10 results in weekly TTs and road races.
No amateur road racing happened in 2020 so we look forward to doing some races this year, at potentially the Fakenham criterium in April and Lotus road race series from May. The first club TT is hopefully at Pretty Corner on the 6th April if Boris lets us out to play!
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